A British archaeologist thinks he's uncovered the home Jesus Christ, messiah to billions, lived as a child.
The location - a building beneath the Sisters of Nazareth Convent in Nazareth, Israel - dates back to the first century, and University of Reading professor Ken Dark says there's plenty of evidence it's where the young prophet spent his early years.
"You're not going to find an inscription saying this is the house of Jesus," Dr Dark told CBS News, but "we can put forward a totally plausible case that this was Jesus' childhood home".
Dr Dark has been studying the site for 14 years, detailing his findings in a new book, The Sisters of Nazareth Convent: A Roman-period, Byzantine, and Crusader site in central Nazareth.
The ruins of the humble home were first discovered in the 19th century, but archaeologists then and in the early 20th century rubbished the idea it once housed Jesus, who would later go on to found the world's biggest religion.
Dr Dark says there's plenty of evidence though. Firstly, above the ruins but below the present convent is an underground complex he says is "almost certainly" the remains of the lost Church of the Nutrition, which was built about 1600 years ago on the site believed to be where Jesus lived with his parents, Mary and Joseph.
That church was bigger and more grandiose than the nearby Church of the Annunciation, built on the location where Mary is said to have found out she was going to give birth to the son of God.
"Whatever's there, whoever built the Sisters of Nazareth church believed it was a major thing, and something that was presumably considered close to or as important as the annunciation. That doesn't leave that many options," Dr Dark told CBS News.
The home itself was built by someone with "very good understanding of stone-working", Dr Dark said. The Bible describes Joseph as a 'tekton' - an ancient Greek word meaning engineer, carpenter or mason.
"By itself, that's not got flashing lights saying, 'this is where Jesus lived.' But it's underneath a fifth to seventh century Byzantine church."
There's more though. A newly discovered cave was dug into the hillside opposite the home in the fourth century and filled with mosaics, Dr Dark revealed in his book - this is around the time the Romans adopted Christianity as their state religion.
Despite his findings, Dr Dark admitted irrefutable proof this is the house where Jesus grew up was unlikely to ever emerge.
"On the other hand, all the reasons to doubt that it might possibly have been, have gone - this is exciting stuff."
Little is known about Jesus' early life before setting up his ministry.
